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The seminar will examine how the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have constructed a particular history or narrative of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988). It will analyze the key features of that narrative and how the Revolutionary Guards have translated those features into lessons that should guide Iran's national security policies.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Justin Dargin, an expert in the Middle East energy sector and geopolitics, traces the concept of "resource nationalism" from Spanish colonial philosophy to the present day and its impacts on oil and gas markets in the Middle East.

Professor Salehi-Isfahani is a leading expert on youth in the Middle East, having recently co-authored a Brookings book project called "Generation in Waiting." He will discuss his findings in relation to the youth-driven revolts in the Middle East.

This presentation highlights the broad factors that have affected legal politics in recent Arab societies, with an emphasis on law’s connections to regime stabilization versus anti-regime activism. The focus wil be on the roles of international rights discourse, fealty to shari’a, and national legal institutions.

Are the most devout Muslims really opposed to political incorporation in the U.S., or are other traditional non-religious factors such as socioeconomic status and acculturation more important in understanding political alienation?Tthe principal investigators of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey (MAPOS) will show that those Muslims who attend the mosque regularly not only are more likely to participate in American politics, but also that mosques create a common identity between American Muslims.

Dubai School of Government

Resident Expert

Rami Khouri serves as editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper. He is also the director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut.